1x1 - Pilot

September 30, 1995

Sydney's oldest son quits college.

1x2 - The Cheesehead Stands Alone

October 7, 1995

Sydney sentences a divorced football star to a weekend in jail for not visiting his son, but it soon appears she may have made a bad call.

1x3 - Sleeping Dogs Lie

October 21, 1995

Sydney peeks at an FBI file to find out why she was passed over for a spot on a White House committee—and finds out something startling about Neal.

1x4 - In Cyberspace Everyone Can Hear You Scream

October 25, 1995

Sydney confiscates Marshall's computer after she discovers he released onto the Internet a video of her giving birth to Ellis.

1x5 - My Kind of Clown

November 4, 1995

A Bozo the Clown show brings back a not-so-happy childhood memory for Greer involving a shiny new bike that Sydney proudly won on the show as a kid.

1x6 - Time Flies

December 2, 1995

With the minutes of her life ""ticking away."" Sydney grows desperate for a romantic relationship.

1x7 - The Sydney That Works

December 9, 1995

Neal is itching to get into an elite private school, but when she's put on the waiting list, Sydney has to start scratching a lot of backs to get her in.

1x8 - Dog Day Afternoon

January 6, 1996

The hapless new presiding judge, Walter Ragsdale, decides to make Sydney's life miserable after she insults him, and he reassigns her from family court to more onerous duties.

1x9 - The Importance of Being Ernie

January 13, 1996

Judge Ragsdale wants to steal Ernie away from Sydney; and, given the way Sydney treats him, Ernie's tempted to make the move.

1x10 - Laborer of Love

January 20, 1996

A wealthy and attractive divorcee gives Mia a gig as her gofer, but Sydney fears he's just going to be a gigolo.

1x11 - Touched by an Anger

February 3, 1996

Sydney roughs up a mugger during an attempted purse snatching, and the court orders her to attend an anger-management workshop, where she finds the sources of her displaced hostility: her ex-husband Jeffrey.

1x12 - An Exercise in Fertility

February 10, 1996

1x14 - Between a Shamrock and a Hard Place

March 16, 1996

St. Patrick's Day gets a wee bit out of hand for Sydney, who's held hostage in her courtroom by 9-year-old Patrick who wants her to stop Chicago's annual parade because he is ashamed of his diminutive father's participation as a leprechaun. Elsewhere, a giddy Greer tries to entice Neal to join her on a suitably goofy float.

1x15 - True Lies

March 23, 1996

Sydney gets Mike a job working with Leo, the courthouse maintenance man who has a thing for Sydney.

1x16 - Bad Boys

March 30, 1996

When Neal wants to date a young car thief she meets, Sydney is reminded of her own youthful fling with a bad boy who stole her heart.

1x17 - Mike Solomon: Unplugged

April 6, 1996

Mike takes Sydney's advice and bails out on his floundering rock band -- just before they finally hit the big time.

1x18 - Dad

April 13, 1996

Sydney's widowed dad Karl arrives in Chicago with a fiancé, and he can't wait to consummate their marriage; but his bride-to-be can wait -- forever.

1x19 - Love, Death & Soda

April 20, 1996

Marshall is stricken with guilt after he makes out with a girl during a relative's funeral.

1x20 - Syd and Sensibility

June 22, 1996